Links Page
Research
Tools
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Try
the links for Kids or Parents to access some neat sites.
General
library information, banned books etc.
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Type
in a U.S. address and get a map!
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Multnomah County Library Homework Center Over
2000 sites especially for designed for students and their homework needs.
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Over
14,000 articles on every subject imaginable. Great place to start simple
homework research.
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Science
experiments and exhibits from the San Francisco Exploratorium Museum
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Color Landform Atlas of the U.S. Satellite
photos of every state in U.S.
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Maps
news and information about our world, up-dated frequently.
Good
for Social Studies homework.
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Interactive
Math drills and practice questions.
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Take
a look inside the pyramids.
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Check
out our sister city to the East.
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Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids Ultimate
children's guide to understanding how our government really works.
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Search
Engines
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A
top-quality search engine, one of our favorites, cataloged by librarians
and
filtered
to some degree.
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Kid-friendly
database for games, homework sites and other useful information.
A
little bit commercial.
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Very
efficient and user-friendly search engine.
Great
for Boolean "and/or" searches.
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Asks
questions in "natural language like "Where are the Andes mountains?"
Discourages
wandering aimlessly around the Web.
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Miscellaneous
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Web
subject directory for kids designed by librarians --- great and classified!
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America Links Up: A Kids' On-line Teach-In Nationwide
campaign to educate families about safety and use issues on the Internet.
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Official
website for our home state. To find other states type the same web address
but substitute that state's two digit postal code in place of our "ma"
(ex: "cn" for Connecticut, "wa" for Washington, etc.)
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Author
Jon Scieszka's work in progress, a suggestion site for reluctant
boy readers.
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Yahooligans! Kids' Almanac -- Sports Lots
of information, some of it just plain silly, about your favorites sports.
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Great
site for exploring the timeline of dinosaur discoveries, hosted by California's
Berkeley.
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An
alphabetical listing of all your favorite Mother Goose rhymes.
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Western Mass. Regional Library System Home
to lots of useful library things, summer reading links, local library catalogs
and general information.
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The
magazine you know and love has a great site for kids and adults
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Games
and Fun
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Over
5000 book reviews, games, puzzles and other fun for children.
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Games
and activities designed for young children
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When
your homework is all done, relax with some cool games and imagination areas.
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The
guy from Captain Underpants explains how he started writing and gives out
cool tips for making paper airplanes and just having fun.
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A
great kids site!
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Learn
the science of funology!
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Great
page with fun games and other stuff.
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The
web changes all the time so if you find an inoperative or corrupted link
please let us know by e-mailing Mindy at mhackner@cwmars.org
Page created by Mindy Hackner 12-22-01
Updated 2-14-02